if you're stressed, just get some lettuce

Sweater (Sister's), Babydoll Top (Pac Sun, clearance),  Pants (Windsor, $20), Shoes (Simply Vera, Kohl's, $7)
So, yesterday was just about the craziest day of ever. Have you ever had one of those days, where your brain was moving way too fast for your mouth to keep up? Well, yesterday was that day. It started off with me rushing around like chicken with no head, with planning and meetings, then lead to a scene with 20 six-year-olds asking to go to the bathroom at the same time during my formal observation with the principal. Eventually, it lead to an awfully embarrassing conversation with that principal, where I was supposed to be reflecting on the lesson, but my brain didn't quite link up with what my mouth was saying. So, instead of saying that the lesson was successful, I found myself telling her that my lettuce was stressful.

What?

Yeah. The moral of this story: Don't expect to have a normal conversation, when you're so jittery on nerves, and just ate a salad for lunch.

Good thing there's only 5 days until graduation.

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Because of this super busy, and super successful stressful week, I haven't done so well with this Every Day In May gig. I really wanted to finish all of the prompts, but let's get real: It's the 18th of May. And I haven't done day 5 yet. But there's no rules right? So, with that being said.. I'm taking May one day at a time, and finishing out this challenge sporadically. A few days in May? A day in June? You know. It'll happen.

In other news, these pants. Remember these? Wellllll, I bought them. My mama calls them my Sandy Pants (with good reason!). I'm feeling a good ol' Sandy Grease rendition coming up!

Better shape up, up, up, up. ;)

Here's to a happy weekend!

uncomfortable.

Well, so much for successfully taking on this Everyday in May challenge! It's officially day 5. Aaaaaand, I'm yet to write on days 3 and 4. Whoops! It has been just about the craziest week ever, in between portfolios and interviews and lessons. And while it's been frustrating and time consuming and makes me want to dive headfirst into some Ben & Jerry's for relief, it's also really exciting to know that we're in the home stretch, now. And in only 17 more days, I won't be thinking, talking, or blogging about college any more! And that's something worth smiling about.

Anyways.. on to day three!
There isn't really one thing that makes me feel uncomfortable. It's more of a list. So.. without any more gabbing:
Uncomfortable (adj.) ~ Causing or feeling unease or awkwardness: "an uncomfortable silence".
1. Falling asleep on the little couch in the living room. 2. Old men who dole out creepy compliments, while their wives are standing right next to them.  3. First graders with wiggly teeth. I don't know what their fascination is with their loose teeth, but it seems like every day, I have a gaggle of them running up during free play or transitions showing off their newly wiggly teeth. Ah! Give me a thousand scraped knees or tummy troubles. I can handle that! Show me one tooth?? And I'm practically down for the count. 4. That awkward kiss at the end of a date, that wasn't even really a date. I'll just leave it at that. The definition of uncomfortable moments.  5. Walking into class more than six minutes late. Six minutes is predictable, it's routine: it's in my blood.  Seven or more? That's when the whole class turns to stare you down as you walk in, inching your way towards your seat, mid-lecture. That's when it gets uncomfortable.   

I love this quote by Alan Alda (Yes, I might be smushing day four right on in here with day three. And no... I maybe don't know who Alan Alda is. But I sure like his words!).  This year, I feel like I have found myself in so many frustrating and nerve-wracking situations. These words are a reminder that sometimes, being out of our comfort zone is just where we need to be in order to grow and, ultimately, become who we are meant to be.
Happy day three, four, cinco de mayo!

educate.

Dear Day Two,
I'm so sorry I don't have time to dedicate to you, today. But I want you to know that you're just as important to me as Day One, and all of the days to come. It's just that I'm so busy being educated that I don't have the time to educate anyone on anything worth being educated about, today. But, just to prove that I care, I wanted to leave you with some previous "how-to" knowledge. Because that's "How I Do".
I hope we can still be friends,
Love, Alynne

story of my life.

And so it begins: May. Spring! The day that I see the LIGHT at the end of the tunnel! Okay, so it really “began” yesterday, and I’m a little behind the times (seriously, things have been so crazy lately, I don't even know what day it is, anymore). But starting now I am officially taking the plunge and linking up with Jenny for a little bit of blogging fun, this month, with a blog every day in May challenge. Eek! I’m so excited. And nervous. And already failing, because I’m starting on the second. But hey. Her number one rule was that there were no rules, so, we’re going to go with it.

So, today, friends, is the Story of My Life (in 250 words).

See this? Duck lips, from an early age. I was obviously a trend setter. 

I was born and raised in the middle of nowhere. I’ve never moved. I pretended to hate it for the longest time, but now that I’m finishing up college and have a real chance to leave it all behind, I’m realizing that there isn’t anywhere else I’d rather live. I love it here, and frankly, love my family way too much to ever move out of easy-bothering-distance. They’re stuck with me. ;)
As a kid, I loved to sing. Loudly. And really off-key. Especially in church.
I’m indecisive and introspective and horrible at anything domestic. I tried to learn once; I wanted to impress a boy. And from that experience I learned only one thing: To always be my messy undomesticated self. Always.
One night, when I was in third grade, I stayed up until after midnight in order to finish a research project on the rainforest macaw. And so the stage was set for the rest of my life: I have procrastinated ever since.
I love God.
I have never broken a bone, and I credit that to the lack of exciting risks I’ve taken in my lifetime.
Lately, I experience 90% of life behind the wheel of my Nissan, thanks to a super long commute to school. Seriously. I drive, and drive, and drive. But in 23 days, that will all be in the past, and I’ll have a new chapter of this life to celebrate, called graduation. And I am beyond excited to see what comes next!

Have a happy Tuesday. Wednesday. Whatever today is. :)